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Jarvis Island (/ ˈ dʒ ɑːr v ɪ s /; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker's Shoal) is an uninhabited 4.5 km 2 (1.7 sq mi) coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands.
Welcome to Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge! Part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Jarvis Island is home to a variety of wildlife, which includes shore and seabirds, 252 species of fish, manta rays, and sea turtles, and some of the most remote coral reefs in the world.
Jarvis Island, coral atoll, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Northern Line Islands, west-central Pacific Ocean, about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southwest of Honolulu. The atoll has an area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 square km). It was sighted in 1821 by Capt. Brown of the British.
Sep 23, 2021 · Jarvis Island, formerly referred to as Volunteer Island, Brook Island, Jervis Island, or Bunker Island, is a coral island in the South Pacific Ocean located about midway between the Cooks Island and Hawaii and is administered by the United States. It forms a part of the Line Islands volcanic chain, of which most of the islands belong to Kiribati.
JarvisIsland, a coral atoll in the Northern Line Islands in the west-central Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southwest of Honolulu, was once known as Bunker Island, Volunteer Island, Jarvis Island, or Brook Island. The atoll is 1.6 square miles in size (4.1 square km).
History of Jarvis Island. Jarvis Island is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometer coral island in the Line Island group near the equator, about 1,350 miles south of Honolulu, Hawaii. It was discovered in 1821 by Captain Brown aboard the British ship Eliza Frances.
Located 25 miles south of the equator, Jarvis Island, is an uninhabited coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean. Jarvis has no known natural freshwater sources, and very little rain. This creates a very bleak, flat landscape with plants no larger than shrubs.
